1920s Review--

"The zeitgeist of the 1920s was one of frivolousness and illustrated a conflict or breakdown of traditional values..."

Overview of the 1920s:
Also known as "The Jazz age" and "The Roaring Twenties", the 1920s was a year of experimenting how far boundaries could go. People let their worries go and celebrated the age of winning World War One. The economy was prospering in the United States, however other countries weren't entierly indulgent as the United States. Outside nations, such as those in Europe, were suffering significant economic downfall because of the War, and the Nazi party started to form. Not to mention Communism started to rise and facism in Europe was used to attempt to prevent its spread. However, in the United States, people looked on the bright side of life and began to break rules--for example, having speak easy bars and bootleg beers when Prohibition of Alcohol was passed. The growth and acceptance of the KKK appeared in the 20s, and Immigration acts (such as that of 1924) placed a National Quotia on Immigration into the United States. Also, progressivism and facism clashed between the teaching of the bible and evolution. This was shown in the Scopes Trial of 1925. Overall, though, the 1920s is remembered for its free spirit and creativity--it was a time when technilogical advances, such as the radio, brought the public together by means of entertainment. Radio singers, Film stars, Literature, and other art was popular in the 1920s. Writers from the Lost Generation became popularized through their books and poems. While people in this wonderous time of splendor wished that the 20s would last forever, the devistating Wall Street Stock Market Crash of October 1929 put an end to these years.

Important events in the United States

January 16, 1919 -- Eighteenth amendment passed which prohibited drinking alcohol in the United States. Durring the 20s, crime was revolved around the smuggling of alcohol and making bootleg alcohol. Al Capone became the number one crime boss in America by selling illegal alcohol. However, the prohibition was repealled in 1933.
1925 -- Scopes or "Monkey" Trial, in which John T. Scopes was tried in the state of Tennessee for teaching evolution in his biology classroom. It represented the rising tensions between the beliefs of creationism and the science of evolution.
The Lost Generation gave fame to American artists living in Europe who wrote on disillusionment. Authors such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T.S. Eliott were popularized in the 1920s.
Growth and acceptance of the Klu Klux Klan began,
In 1925, the first mechanical television was invented by John Logie Baird. He introduced the color television in 1928.
The Dawes Plan was proposed to collect reperations from the Triple Entente--primarily collecting debt from Germany. However, it prooved unsuccessfull and unnoticed for five years. The Young Plan was adopted in 1929 to replace it.
Charles Lindburgh was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean all the way from New York to Paris, France in May of 1927.

Key Terms and people

Charles Lindburgh--Flew across the Atlantic Ocean from NY to Paris in one night without any stops.
Babe Ruth--Famed baseball player for the Yankees and the "King of New York".
Coco Chanel--Celebrity and fashion designer who reformed fasion everywhere for both women and men. Inspired women to be more unique and risky with their clothing, not contained by the rules of society.
Al Capone--Famous crime boss and gangster-mostly associated with illegal smuggling of alcohol durring times of prohibition.
Welfare Capitalism--While it gave workers in industries more rights, improved their safty, and raise wages, it really only assisted a few workers--the majority of laborers were still underpayed and powerless.
The "American" Plan--A proposition from "corporations [who] rallied strongly against “subversive” unionism and wanted to protect idea of an open shop (in which workers not forced to join union)"
Consumerism--People just purchasing new products for fun or pleasure-incites more production of goods to be made-cycle continiues
Flapper(s)--Women who bobbed their hair, wore short dresses, and stepped outside the boundaries of normal women roles to express their individuality in a new, modern society.
1921 Sheppard-Towner Act--provided federal funds to states for prenatal and child healthcare.
The Lost Generation--A group of artists and writers that characterized the theme of disillusionment in their works, critiquing the American system by saying that an individual fufillment or purpose from the victory of WWI.
The Harlem Renaissance--Harlem center of black artists and intellectuals; literature, poetry , and art drew on African roots—famously Alan Locke, Langston Hughes, most known for his hand in jazz music.
Prohibition--The outlawing of drinking, purchasing or selling alcoholic beverages in the United States.
National Origins Act of 1924--banned all East Asian immigration, and reduced the number of immigrants especially from eastern European quotas.
Fundamentalists--Those who wanted a modern enterperotation of the bible taught in schools rather than Darwin's teachings of Evolution of humas from monkeys.